But Broadcom does do software now, they bought VMWare in 2023, and implemented aggressive license changes. From the article:
Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware and the subsequent price hikes haven’t gone down well with all customers, to the point that many have been considering alternatives. Thierry Carrez, general manager of the foundation behind one such alternative, OpenStack, told The Register: “Broadcom’s handling of VMware is a good example of the risk of trusting your infrastructure software fate to a single vendor. Those companies can be bought, can change direction, can change licensing terms anytime they want.”
“Broadcom continues to tighten the screws on Europe’s cloud infrastructure sector,” said CISPE.
If they were tied to a hardware product I understand the enshittificatiom argument but you can literally just switch to another provider. Sure the process isn’t nice, but you’re not that locked in. There are viable alternatives, and the market is, or at least seems healthy and competitive.
Yeah I agree there is good competition in that market these days, even if the transition work is costly. I’m sure a lot of companies are doing the math of paying the Broadcom VMWare tax Vs transitioning all their infrastructure
But Broadcom does do software now, they bought VMWare in 2023, and implemented aggressive license changes. From the article:
If they were tied to a hardware product I understand the enshittificatiom argument but you can literally just switch to another provider. Sure the process isn’t nice, but you’re not that locked in. There are viable alternatives, and the market is, or at least seems healthy and competitive.
Yeah I agree there is good competition in that market these days, even if the transition work is costly. I’m sure a lot of companies are doing the math of paying the Broadcom VMWare tax Vs transitioning all their infrastructure